An Israeli airstrike killed four people in Beirut early Tuesday, the Lebanese health ministry said, rocking an already shaky ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group has warned that if Israel’s attacks on Lebanon continue and the Lebanese state does not act to stop them, the group will eventually resort to other alternatives.

Battered in the war with Israel, Hezbollah is under pressure - even from its supporters.

In the war-devastated southern Lebanese village of Aitaroun on Monday, residents marked the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr among their dead.Relatives crowded the village's cemeteries to pray for the more than 100 residents,

Israel bombarded Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon on Friday after intercepting a rocket fired from its northern neighbour, the Israeli military said, although the Iranian-backed militant group denied involvement in the incident.

Battered in the war with Israel, Hezbollah is under pressure - even from its supporters.

Hezbollah earns almost one billion dollars annually through direct financial support from Iran and various finance networks, corruption, and money laundering activities.

The United States issued on Friday fresh sanctions designating a Lebanon-based sanctions evasion network that supports Hezbollah’s finance team, which oversees commercial projects and oil smuggling networks that generate revenue for Hezbollah.